Lites: IMSA extends West Race Cars partnership

IMSA ANNOUNCES CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST RACE CARS
BRASELTON, Ga. September 14 -- The International Motorsports
Association (IMSA), Elan Motorsports
Technologies (EMT) and West Race Cars (West) have officially agreed to a
three-year ...

IMSA ANNOUNCES CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST RACE CARS

BRASELTON, Ga. September 14 -- The International Motorsports
Association (IMSA), Elan Motorsports
Technologies (EMT) and West Race Cars (West) have officially agreed to a
three-year partnership in
the IMSA Lites presented by Frisby Performance Tire series, with West
continuing as the exclusive
manufacturer for the Lites Two (L2) class through 2012.

IMSA and West have reached an agreement to extend West's
participation in the IMSA Lites series,
putting special emphasis on the growth and expansion of the L2 class. The
West WR1000 has been the
exclusive car in the L2 class since 2006, with the new WX10 being
introduced for the 2010 season.

"We are very happy to continue and expand our relationship with West
Race Cars" said Scot Elkins,
IMSA Vice President of Operations. "Moving forward, this relationship
between West, IMSA and EMT
will be much stronger and should lead to increased car count and a more
competitive L2 class for
2010 and beyond."

Eric Vassian, owner of West Race Cars, agreed. "What makes this
exciting is not only the agreement
to move forward with IMSA and EMT, but additionally all of the
forthcoming announcements that will
be made public in the upcoming weeks regarding IMSA Lites for next
season. I think that IMSA is
really stepping up its level of support for IMSA Lites."

The IMSA Lites presented by Frisby Performance Tire series was developed
to give drivers, engineers
and crews the experience needed to expand their careers and one day
compete in the American Le Mans
series - the premier prototype and GT endurance racing series in North
America. Global race car
constructors Elan Motorsports Technologies and West Race Cars offer state
of the art racecars to
drivers from around the world. Drivers in the IMSA Lites series have the
opportunity to compete at
historic racing venues such as Sebring International Raceway, Road
America and Road Atlanta.

The IMSA Lites series features multi-class racing and presents a unique
dimension of competition as
drivers must be aware of classes with distinctly different speeds. This
makes the IMSA Lites series
the perfect training ground for drivers dreaming of one day competing in
the American Le Mans
Series.